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Can You Still Build a 100-Year Company?

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JA Westenberg
Jun 11, 2026
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In 578, a Korean carpenter named Shigemitsu Kongō crossed the sea to Japan to build Shitennō-ji, one of the first Buddhist temples in the country. The firm he started to do the job - Kongō Gumi - kep…

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